Chandra X-ray Observatory ImagesThe latest images from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.http://www.nasa.gov/
en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssjennifer.j.morcone@nasa.govbrian.r.dunbar@nasa.govJuly 23, 1999, Chandra X-ray Observatory Awaits Deploymenthttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/multimedia/columbia/1999-07-23-2.html
This 70mm frame shows the 50,162-pound Chandra X-ray Observatory before it was tilted upward for its release from the Space Shuttle Columbia's payload bay on July 23, 1999, just a few hours following the shuttle's arrival in Earth orbit. Chandra was spring-ejected from a cradle in the payload bay at 6:47 a.m. Central time.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/flyout/multimedia/columbia/1999-07-23-2.htmlThu, 23 Jul 2015 11:52 EDTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesStellar Sparklers That Lasthttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/stellar-sparklers-that-last.html
While fireworks only last a short time here on Earth, a bundle of cosmic sparklers in a nearby cluster of stars will be going off for a very long time.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/stellar-sparklers-that-last.htmlSat, 04 Jul 2015 09:39 EDTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesChandra Finds Evidence for Serial Black Hole Eruptionshttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/chandra-finds-evidence-for-serial-black-hole-eruptions.html
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to show that, multiple eruptions from a supermassive black hole over 50 million years have rearranged the cosmic landscape at the center of a group of galaxies.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/chandra-finds-evidence-for-serial-black-hole-eruptions.htmlWed, 10 Jun 2015 09:48 EDTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesNASA Telescopes Set Limits On Spacetime Quantum "Foam"http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/nasa-telescopes-set-limits-on-spacetime-quantum-foam.html
A team of scientists has used X-ray and gamma-ray observations of some of the most distant objects in the Universe to better understand the nature of space and time. Their results set limits on the quantum nature, or “foaminess” of spacetime at extremely tiny scales.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/nasa-telescopes-set-limits-on-spacetime-quantum-foam.htmlThu, 28 May 2015 10:29 EDTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesMagnetar Near Supermassive Black Hole Delivers Surpriseshttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/magnetar-near-supermassive-black-hole-delivers-surprises.html
In 2013, astronomers announced they had discovered a magnetar exceptionally close to the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way using a suite of space-borne telescopes including NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/magnetar-near-supermassive-black-hole-delivers-surprises.htmlWed, 13 May 2015 13:24 EDTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesWhite Dwarf May Have Shredded Passing Planethttp://www.nasa.gov/content/white-dwarf-may-have-shredded-passing-planet-0
In this Chandra image of ngc6388, researchers have found evidence that a white dwarf star may have ripped apart a planet as it came too close. When a star reaches its white dwarf stage, nearly all of the material from the star is packed inside a radius one hundredth that of the original star.http://www.nasa.gov/content/white-dwarf-may-have-shredded-passing-planet-0Fri, 17 Apr 2015 10:21 EDTChandra X-ray Observatory Images"Mini Supernova" Explosion Could Have Big Impacthttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/mini-supernova-explosion-could-have-big-impact.html
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have studied one particular explosion that may provide clues to the dynamics of other, much larger stellar eruptions.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/mini-supernova-explosion-could-have-big-impact.htmlFri, 13 Mar 2015 10:37 EDTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesNASA’s Chandra Observatory Finds Cosmic Showers Halt Galaxy Growthhttp://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/observatory-finds-cosmic-showers-halt-galaxy-growth.html
This galaxy cluster comes from a sample of over 200 that were studied to determine how giant black holes at their centers affect the growth and evolution of their host galaxy, as reported in our latest press release.http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/chandra/observatory-finds-cosmic-showers-halt-galaxy-growth.htmlTue, 03 Mar 2015 09:52 ESTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesChandra Celebrates the International Year of Lighthttp://www.nasa.gov/content/chandra-celebrates-the-international-year-of-light
From a distant galaxy to the relatively nearby debris field of an exploded star, images demonstrate the myriad ways that information about the universe is communicated to us through light.http://www.nasa.gov/content/chandra-celebrates-the-international-year-of-lightThu, 22 Jan 2015 19:00 ESTChandra X-ray Observatory ImagesBlack Hole Fridayhttp://www.nasa.gov/content/black-hole-friday
Black Hole Fridayhttp://www.nasa.gov/content/black-hole-fridayFri, 28 Nov 2014 06:30 ESTChandra X-ray Observatory Images